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Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden and Celebrity Traitors champion Alan Carr have been renovating a dilapidated property in Corfu on Amanda and Alan’s Greek Job

Amanda Holden’s husband gets “jealous” of her relationship with Alan Carr as she admits “cutting him out”. Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda has been married to music producer Chris Hughes since 2008.

The happy couple, who share daughters Lexi, 19, and 13-year-old Hollie together, first met in Los Angeles in 2003. The pair struck up a romance a year later and have remained together ever since.

However Amanda, 54, says Chris can sometimes find himself feeling jealous of her friendship with comedian Alan, 49. It comes as the pair have formed a close bond while filming their home renovation and travel series together.

Celebrity Traitors champion Alan even spent New Year’s Eve around Amanda’s house. On the Table Manners podcast, host Lennie Ware asked: “Does Chris get a bit jealous?” To which Amanda replied: “He did mention it a couple of times.”

Alan continued: “There was a funny moment we had last Christmas. We didn’t spend New Year’s Eve together but we did spend that bit in between and we were going through Covent Garden with her family and there was that gorgeous Christmas tree.

“She went, ‘Oh, let’s have a photo’, and she threw the camera at Chris and me and here were like this [poses] with her children. He’s got such a good sense of humour.”

Amanda went on to praise her husband as being the “funniest man alive,” before Alan recalled a humorous anecdote from their new year’s celebrations. He said: “We did a photo at New Year’s Eve where she deliberately cut him out. We’re holding hands and I know.

To which Amanda interjected: “And you could just see Chris’s shoulder in the side of it. I was like, ‘Me and my husband’. Oh, whoops.”

Amanda and Alan have been working closely together in recent years. Their first series, Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job saw the pair buying a property in Sicily for a Euro before renovating and selling it on.

The completed property, situated in the picturesque town of Salemi, was marketed for slightly over £125,000 last year, with sale profits divided between Children in Need and Comic Relief. Subsequent series featured makeovers in northern Tuscany, Italy, and Andalusia, Spain.

Their most recent series has taken the pair to Corfu for Alan and Amanda’s Greek Job. Amanda previously revealed they wanted to visit the area because she enjoys visiting with husband Chris Hughes and their daughters Hollie and Lexi.

She said: “As a country we love it, I holiday there every year, Alan and I have holidayed there. We were fantasizing, saying oh, wouldn’t it be amazing if we could do a show in Greece… we never actually thought it would be a reality!”

Amanda and Alan’s Greek Job will return to BBC One at 7.30pm tonight

Countryfile’s veteran star John Craven made a big announcement during Sunday evening’s episode of the popular BBC show

Countryfile viewers were stunned as presenter John Craven delivered thrilling news during this evening’s broadcast.

On Sunday’s episode (January 11) of the BBC programme, John revealed that the latest Countryfile calendar was available for purchase and had already generated over £1million for Children in Need, much to the presenter’s delight.

The prestigious Countryfile calendar competition has become a cornerstone of British photography competitions throughout the last three decades.

Last year, Ursula Armstrong’s stunning photograph entitled ‘Seal of Approval’ secured first place and featured on the cover of the 2025 Countryfile calendar.

The cherished BBC show then sought 12 fresh and remarkable photographs for the 2026 edition, all captured by viewers from around the country, reports the Express.

Images featured everything from wildlife and insects to flora and scenery, as long as they were shot within the UK. Winners secured their place in the magnificent new calendar, available for £11.99 including postage.

Sunday’s programme was marking a new beginning to the year in Northumberland, when John promoted the latest calendar and revealed its achievements to date.

He announced: “If you haven’t picked one of these up yet, well, they are on sale until January 31st. And I’m delighted to announce that so far the 2026 Countryfile Calender has raised for BBC Children in Need an incredible £1,776, 082.”

John continued: “So from all of us, to everyone who has bought one of our calendars and helped us raise that amount, a very, very big thank you.”

Despite the fantastic news that the calendar has generated such a substantial sum for charity, some Countryfile viewers found it amusing that it was being advertised during the second week of January.

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Taking to X, one viewer posted: “Omg late calendar plug #Countryfile”, whilst a second responded with laughing face emojis.

A third enquired: “Do we get the calendars cheaper as it’s almost the end of January ? #countryfile,” whilst another commented: “Probably not, everyone would do that, it’s what I do though, get my favourite calendar half price Boxing Day.”

The invitation for submissions to the new calendar was revealed in June 2025 during a Countryfile episode, with presenter Anita Rani observing: “The weird and wonderful landscape of Spurn Point would certainly make for an evocative photograph that could be entered into our photographic competition.”

John added: “Our country is blessed with an incredible array of beautiful settings and opportunities to capture on camera its wonderful wildlife.”

He went on enthusiastically: “So now, with summer upon us and the splendour of nature in full swing, it’s my great pleasure to launch our photographic competition. The theme this year is wild encounters.”

Countryfile airs Sundays at 6pm on BBC One and iPlayer.